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From: Clive George on 26 Apr 2010 11:11 On 26/04/2010 15:55, John wrote: > I changed a wheel once for a female from my office - it gave me sleepless > nights afterwards as she felt compelled to reward you for your gallant behaviour, and that reward went on for rather a long time?
From: John on 27 Apr 2010 09:41 "Clive George" <clive(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:eYqdnTFlFIbTMEjWnZ2dnUVZ7vxi4p2d(a)brightview.co.uk... > On 26/04/2010 15:55, John wrote: >> I changed a wheel once for a female from my office - it gave me sleepless >> nights afterwards as > > she felt compelled to reward you for your gallant behaviour, and that > reward went on for rather a long time? > I wish!
From: Bill on 27 Apr 2010 12:31 In message <8384daFh8dU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Roger Mills <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> writes >In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Bod ><bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> My daughter in law rang me to change a wheel(puncture) on her car >> earlier this morning. Before the call, she asked *10* men in her >> offic, if they would do it for her. ALL 10 of them said they couldn't >> do it or that they didn't want to get their hands dirty! >> >> Bunch of tarts! >> >> Took me 15 mins to change the wheel. >> >> Bod > > >So why didn't she do it herself? A couple of years back I had a similar situation with my wife. She, very sensibly, didn't fancy using the jack supplied with her car so would I please do it? I did it for her AND bought her a trolley jack, (who says romance is dead?), and showed her how to use it. Just waiting for the next puncture to see how she gets on. -- Bill
From: Bill on 27 Apr 2010 12:40 In message <3QhBn.93381$1%7.35717(a)newsfe07.ams2>, John <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> writes >I changed a wheel once for a female from my office - it gave me sleepless >nights afterwards as the car was a TVR and I wasn't convinced I had used the >jack in the correct place. > Can't be as bad as one I had many years ago. I saw a lady looking a bit helpless beside a Granada estate with a spare wheel on the ground beside her. I offered help and she said the jack didn't seem to be working. It had a 1/2" dia lug on the top to locate in the jacking point, this works well if applied in the correct place. It makes a nice hole in the body work if applied in the wrong place, ooops. She went on her way wondering how to explain the new access hole under the car to her husband. > -- Bill
From: Bod on 27 Apr 2010 12:51
Bill wrote: > In message <8384daFh8dU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Roger Mills > <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> writes >> In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Bod >> <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> My daughter in law rang me to change a wheel(puncture) on her car >>> earlier this morning. Before the call, she asked *10* men in her >>> offic, if they would do it for her. ALL 10 of them said they couldn't >>> do it or that they didn't want to get their hands dirty! >>> >>> Bunch of tarts! >>> >>> Took me 15 mins to change the wheel. >>> >>> Bod >> >> >> So why didn't she do it herself? > > A couple of years back I had a similar situation with my wife. She, > very sensibly, didn't fancy using the jack supplied with her car so > would I please do it? I did it for her AND bought her a trolley jack, > (who says romance is dead?), and showed her how to use it. Just waiting > for the next puncture to see how she gets on. > > > Good idea, but I bet she can't lift the trolley jack? :) Bod |